Niels Giffey (born 8 June 1991) is a German basketball player who plays for Alba Berlin of the Basketball Bundesliga. Standing at 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), he plays at the shooting guard and small forward positions. He also represented German national basketball team in the international competitions.
He played collegiately for the University of Connecticut Huskies men's basketball team. In his freshman year, he was part of the team that won the 2011 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. He was again one of UConn's key players when they won the NCAA tournament for a second time in four years in 2014. Giffey and his UConn teammates Shabazz Napier and Tyler Olander are the only Division I men's basketball players in history to have won national championships as freshmen and seniors.
Giffey was born on June 9, 1991 in Berlin. He is the son of Frank and Christine Giffey. He attended Heinrich-Schliemann-Oberschule and competed for the club team Alba Berlin.